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This was not too complicated. I think it wants to be a Scandinavian thriller or something.
What was the last film you watched?
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This was not too complicated. I think it wants to be a Scandinavian thriller or something.
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The story of Ian Dury -- great pop star, crap person, which is a brave stance for a biopic to take. And there are times when you think, "Why am I meant to care about this tosser?" But as the film goes on, it becomes unexpectedly moving, especially around his relationship with his son. By the end, you sort of love him and you're reminded that we're all flawed so who are any of us to judge?
And Naomie Harris is just luvverly.
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Wow! Mind-bendingly brilliant and original. Like nothing I have seen before. I enjoyed the questions it made me ask, though it hardly answered any of them, and I don't think it's supposed to. What a ride. Another tour de force from Darrn Aronofsky.
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My first question would be, who is the "mother" in this movie?
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Good question! The movie grapples with a lot of universal themes and symbols and the answer is probably more philosophical than simply saying it's just one character. If that makes sense, which it probably doesn't.
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Oh but yes it does, absolutely.
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Er ist wieder da (2013)
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Nymphomaniac Vol 1
Somehow I'd completely forgotten than I'd seen this before, which is weird because it's so unique. Like other mainstream films I've seen that feature explicit sex, there's an a kind of clinical detachment and emotional numbness about the characters that's ultimately quite moving (as well as kinda hot).
It's darkly, almost horribly funny in places, in a way that reminds me of Von Trier's The Idiots. It's got that same documentary vibe yet, at the same time, the structure is quite theatrical. I kept imagining it as a play. The cast is very eclectic -- Hollywood stars, people from EastEnders, European art house actors -- and I wasn't sure where it was set. It seemed to be happening in some timeless European no-man's land, which added to the sense of the characters being somehow lost. Christian Slater and Uma Thurman in particular give really surprising, really powerful performances. I'm not sure I've seen Shia Labeouf in anything before but he's really good too, really funny.
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Jaws
A little late this year, but it's still July so all's well.
A little late this year, but it's still July so all's well.
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I seem to be in a Pakulaian mood.
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Jaws 2
The perfunctory 40th Anniversary screening. I really should simply never watch it again, but the trailer is so damned good it brainwashes me into forgetting how bad the film is. If Percy Rodriguez had ominously narrated the film in the same way as the trailer it probably would have improved it tenfold.
The perfunctory 40th Anniversary screening. I really should simply never watch it again, but the trailer is so damned good it brainwashes me into forgetting how bad the film is. If Percy Rodriguez had ominously narrated the film in the same way as the trailer it probably would have improved it tenfold.